Solder extruding machine



Nov. 19, 1935. A. s. BERRY 2,021,823

SOLDER EXTRUDING MACHINE Original Filed Oct. 31, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR M ATTORNEY} Nov; 19, 1935. A. s. BERRY I 2,021,828

SOLDER EXTRUDING MACHINE Original Filed Oct. 31, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ARI/IMP .s. amey BY Wh m,

, ber'and mounting a plurality of extruding dies in Patented Nov. 19, 1935 Solder Co. Inc., New York, N.

of New York Y.,' a corporation Application October 31, 1931, Serial No. 572,367 r Renewed Dccembcr:13 1933 ilaim's. (01. 201-9) This invention relates to improvements .insolder extruding machines, and has more particular relation to improvements employed for extruding a multiplicity of complete wire solder strands each having a flux core. 7 The principal object of the invention is to employ a single press capable of extruding a plurality-of flux core solder wires at one operation.

A further object of the invention is to provide an extruding machine in which a plurality of extruding dies are employed with a single pressure plunger and with equal pressure to all dies.

Another object of the; invention is to provide a solder extruding machine having a single pressure plunger discharging into a globular chamthe walls of this chamber.

The invention also has other objects, all of which will be hereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed;

this specification,

Figure 1 represents. a central vertical section partly in elevation of an extruding machine embodying my invention. a

Figure 2 represents a detail horizontal section through the globular extruding chamber on the line l-I of Figure 1.

Figure '3 represents'a detail vertical section I through one of the die assemblies, and

Figure '4 represents a detail vertical section through one of the dies on the line &-4 of Figure 3.

The present invention is an improvement on the solder extruding machine shown in my pending application Serial No. 560,182, filed August 28, 1931, forfeited, and thereafter renewed on May 1, 1934.

Described in general terms, the present inven tion contemplates providing an extruding press containing molten metal, and which, upon the application of hydraulic power, extrudes through suitable dies semifiuid or cooled metal at a plurality of points in the extruding press.

Wire solder of this nature is used in large quantitles today in all classes of fine work where a solder with a self-contained flux is demanded, j

the flux being in proportion to the amount of solder contained in the given length of solder tube, and this flux being so located that when the solder tube is melted, the flux is also melted In the accompanying drawings forming part of Heretofore in attempting to provide a press of this nature with a pluralityof extruding dies, it has been found that in view of the almost solid nature of the metal in the lower part f the extruding chamber, that any slight obstruction to 6 the movement of this metal under the terrific hydraulic pressure, will cause a slight blockade of the metal and as it continues-to cool, because of its arrested motion, will finally effect a complete blockade ofa die located near that spot, 10 so that all of the extrusion will take place from a single die and the remaining dies will be completely blocked. I

With the present invention, however, the applicant has provided an extruding chamber havl5 ing a. perfectly globular construction. By this means, the semi-hard solder located in this chamber and subjected to many hundreds of tons pressure, meets with no obstructions in moving gradually towards the die openings, and all six of the dies shown in the present machine are thus fed evenly an equal amount of solder and with the same pressure.

This practical efiect, at first blush would seem to be contrary to hydraulic teachings that pressure exerted on a chamber having a fluid content, would exert an equal pressure at all points.

The controlling factor, however, which negatives such an assumption is that the metal being extruded from theglobular chamber is practically solid but of a high temperature, and would not flow at all except under extreme pressure exerted upon it. Because of this extreme pressure, and its solid nature, this solder is prevented from moving freely in all directions toward a multiplicity of dies if the slightest projection or the slightest recess should be present in the chamwhere a complete obstruction to the movement of the semi-solid solder is presented in certain areas and all feed of the metal to the dies in such areas blocked.

This peculiar action of the semi-molten metal has been completely demonstrated by research in the actual hydraulic presses in use by the applicant in production of such solder, and for this 52' reason, applicant believes heis justified-in stating thatwithout the so-called globularexit chamber for the heated solder to be extruded, it is not practical to extrude solderfrorn a single press through aplurality of extruding dies because if such an attempt is made-,very soon one die after another is blocked by the above described peculiar action of the practically solid metal until finally the entire adjusted pressure of the press is relieved by one die only, and this particular the by carrying the entire load of the adjusted pressure is very liable to break under the strain.

By reference to Figure l of the aforesaid drawings, it will be seen that the. steel' solder pot 2 is supported upon the upper end of the hydraulic ram I mounted in a frame 4 and operating as a piston in a hydraulic cylinder 60. The rain 3 is elevated or retracted by liquid admitted under pressur'e'thz'ough a pipe is to the bottom of the cylinder 60, the pressure being created 'by any suitable form of compressor not shown. The

liquid entering the chamber 60 causes the ram' 3 to rise and when the liquid is allowed to pass out of the chamber through the pipe l5 by a suitable by-pass, the ram 3 by its own weight returns to its normal position.

. The steel pot 2 is provided with an inner solder receptacle [2 and a piston l is mounted in this chamber which is cylindrical so as to slide up copper ring Hi. The ofllce of the ring i0 is to make a close flt with the walls of the cylinder I! to prevent any solder passing the head 8. I

The copper ring has a further function of preventing undue friction between the piston I and the walls ofthe cylinder l2 such as would cause the movement of the pot 2 to be arrested when encrusted solder accumulated between the piston and the cylinder walls.

Such an action would take place if the piston I fitted tight in the cylinder i2, but with the necessary clearance shown this jamming action does not take place.

Heretofore this jamming oi the moltensolder between the piston and the walls of the cylinder after continued operation, became so severe as to arrest the upward movement of the pot 2 or break the parts by excessive pressure from the fact that the piston l was jammed.

In order that the molten metal within the pot 2 may be kept in its molten state, an annular perforated gas pipe II is provided and suitably supported in proximity to the pot so that the burning gas from its apertures will surround the pot 2 and heat its walls sufllciently to hold the solder within the cylinder l2 in its desired semimolten state.

A flexible pipe 6| connects the burner is to the source of gas supply so that this connection will remain intact as the ram 3 moves up and down. The globular chamber [3 is located directly below the plunger chamber I2. The walls of this chamber are exactly globular in formation except, of course. at the point where the chain ber communicates with the cylinder l2 and by this means the pressure exerted upon the solder within the cylinder 12 forces this solder down into the chamber II.- The location of the gas burners i4 is such that the flame from these burners heats the cylinder l2 and leaves the walls of the chamber It with a lowertemperag as is apparent to the eye, is practically equal to solidity, as the solder at this time and in this. location is practically solid, but of a high temperature so that the extreme pressure of the ram will cause this metal to be extruded from the series of dies located in the wall of the cham- 15 her I3.

A series of containers 16,- one for each die, are mounted about the melting pot, and each is provided with a pipe is controlled by a stopcock I3 and connects with itsrespective die, as best shown in Figure 3.

Each of the pipes l9, as best illustrated in this figure, is screw-threaded at its lower end as at 28, and is screwed into the head 24 of the die holder 63. Thisdie holder is formed exterioriy 25 with screw threads 23 by means of which it is screwed into a suitably apertured opening 2| connected with the lower end of the solder pot. The liquid resin I1 flows through the pipe l9, down into a passage 23 formed longitudinally in the part 63; This passage is closed at its outer end by a screw threaded plug 30 which maybe removed for-cleanlng purposes.

A transverse passage ll intersects the passage 29 so as to provide a passage for the liquid flux 1 which flows downward into a centralized passage 33 formed in the die holding part 02. This centralized passage is closed by a plug 34 which may be removed for cleaning purposes, and the passage I1 is similarly provided with a plug 32.

threads, may be screwed into the same, the chamber l2 connects with the chamber l3 by passages 46 formed in the head 24. The die holder 21 is apertured centrally and'at its inner end formed witha recess into which the die member 40 is swedged, as best shown in Figure 3. This die g 40 is formed with an oriflce 4| and a flaring discharge mouth. The die member 31 which is tapered" at its forward end to flt into the aperture 4| is formed with a flange 36 and a screw. threaded extension 35 and also a longitudinal 66 passage 38. When this die is screwed into the forward end of the passage 33, with its tapered end projecting within the passage H, a predetermined clearance is left between the tapered portion of the die 31 and the wall of the aperture 00 4|. This distance between the two die members constitutes the thickness of the walls of the solder and may be adjusted at will by-running the die member 31 further into the aperture ll or backing it up from the same. The melted 66 flux hows into the passages 20, l1 and ltfrom the container l8 and from thence flows through the'passage 38 of the die member 31 and as the solder passes by pressure from the chamber it, through the space about the tapered end of the 70 die 31 this flux is forced into the hollow interior of the tube formed by the cooling solder and a flux core, thus produced, as shown in the sample illustrated in Figure 3.

By reference to Figure 3, it will be seen that (I the die member 40 has'a cylindrical pe l-l therein into which projects the tapered end the die member 31. Y

The 'adJustabillty-of the die members is ac-' complished by turning the nut 21 and screwing the part 25 in and out, carrying the .die member III with it. This adiustability, it will be understood, determines the thickness of the solder wall of the tube. 1

In order that the solder may freely flow from the chamber l2 and the chamber I! to thedie members, with an equal pressure at all points, the end of the member 63 .is apertured as at i so that the semimolten solder in its passage will not be impeded in any way. 7

By reference to Figure 3 it will be seen that the extruded solder tube 50 having walls I and the resin core 5|, passes out through the passage lit in which it rapidly cools and becomes stiffer. A trough 20 supported on the head of the arm dre'ceives the solder tube 50 and supports it in its downward passage,-this tube be'-.

coming stiffer as it gradually-cools until it is automatically deposited in a coil upon the floor of the operating room, as shown in Figure i.

It will be understood that the peculiar globular formation of the chamber It as before described, will oiler no obstruction to .the uniform passage of the semi-molten solder to each and every one of the extruding dies and there will be no back pressures of any impeded area to' gradually set up a "dam and'prevent the flow to any one die.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a solder extruding machine the combination with a hydraulic press including a solder forcing plunger. of a cylinder in which the plunger operates, a globular chamber at the discharge end of the cylinder, the area of any transverse section of said chamber being larger than that of said cylinder, and a plurality of extruding dies connected directly to and radiating from different parts of the globular chamber.

2. In a solder extruding press, the combination with a press proper including a plunger and cylinder, of a globular chamber into which the cyl inder discharges, a plurality of dies receiving solder fromthe globular chamber, i'lux supply chambers and connection between the flux supply chambers and the dies for feeding the flux thereto.

3. In a solder extruding machine, the combi- 5 nation with a hydraulic press including a piston and solder cylinder, of means for heating the cylinder, a globular chamber located at the discharge end of the cylinder, the area of any transverse section of said chamber being larger than that of said cylinder, and a plurality. of extruding dies connected directly to and radiating from different parts of the globular chamber.

4. In a solder extruding machine, the combination with a hydraulic press including a cyllnl5 der and plunger, of a globular chamber receiving the discharge from the cylinder, a plurality of dies connected to the globular chamber, means for heating the upper part of the cylinder to a greater extent than the globular chamber and the plurality of dies connected to the globular chamber.

5.1a a solder extruding machine, the combination with a hydraulic press, including a melting pot, of a piston operating in the pot, a globular chamber located at the lower end of the pot to receive the discharge of solder therefrom and partly cool thesame, a series of extruding dies connected to the globular chamber-to receive a semifluid solder therefrom. so

6. In a solder extrudingmachine, the combination with a hydraulic press, of a solder heating pot, a plunger operating in the pot, a globular chamber arranged at the lower end of the pot, and partly removed from the heating influence, as a series of dies connected to the globular chamher and arranged to receive the semi-fluid solder in its flow about the globular walls of the'cooling chamber. 1

'1. In a solder extruding machine, the combi- 40 nation with a solder pot, comprising a cylinder with a globular chamber at its lower end, of a piston operating in the cylinder to exert pressure on the solder, means for heating thesolder pot in the cylinder portion, a series of extruding dies connected to the globular chamber and means for introducing the flux into the several dies.

THUR 'S. BERRY. 

